Rail joint



Patented Nov. 28, 1933 PATENT AOFFICE RAIL JorN'r Lemuel J. Walker, Wauwatosa, Wis., assigner of forty per cent to Albert J. Van Enkevort,

Milwaukee, Wis.

Application June 22, 1932. Serial No. 618,729

`1 claim.

The present invention relates toa rail joint and has for its prime object the provision of an improved joint for the meeting ends of adjacent rails which will provide for a smooth and even passage of the rolling stock over the rails without jar and without subjecting the latter to heavy strains or torsional stresses.

Another important object of the invention r e` sides in the provision of a rail joint of this nature which is comparatively simple in construction, strong and durable, easy to assemble and disassemble, thoroughly eiiicientl and reliable in use and otherwise well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides incertain novel features oi construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a horizontal section through th joint, and

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the end of one of the rails.

Referring to the ldrawing in detail it will be seen that numeral 5 denotes a rail base from which rises the usual web 6 and on top of this web is the usual ball 7. The webk 6 merges by an angular extension 8 into an offset web exten# sion 9 and it will be noted that the base 5 terminates intermediate the ends of this web exten# sion 9. The ball '7 merges into a ball extension 10 one half the width of the ball 7 and extending along the extension 9 terminating a slight distance from the end of the extension 9 so that said end specically denoted by the numeral 11 projects beyond the ball'extension` 10 and is beveled on the inner side thereof for abutting the angular extension 8 and the two rails are assembled as is illustrated to advantage in Figure l. These web extensions 9 of course,v are provided with registering openings 12 so that bolts 14 may be, extended therethrough to clampl the extensionsl beveled as at 10a; and that the web 6 adjacentV the angular extension 8 at the rright side of the ball extension 10 has its top face beveled as at 7a.

It will thus be seen that when thetwo rails are assembled the wheels of the locomotive and of the rolling stock will ride only on the ballf` extensions 10 being entirely out of engagement with the beveled portion 10a, 7a so that a smooth and even passage over the rails at the joint thereof is effected without jar, and without sub- (Cl. 23S-237 y stress and at the same time without the noise now incident vto the passage of the rolling stock over rail joints commonly used.

It is thought vthat the ,constructiomutility and advantages of this invention will now be for the purposes of exemplication since in actualA y practice it` attains the features Aof `advantage enumerated as desirable. in the statement of the invention and the above description. Y

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, andr in 4the combinationv and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacriiicing` any of y its advantages. Having thus described claim as new is:

my invention, what I` A rail joint comprising a pair of rail sections y each including a base, a web rising therefrom and a ball on top of the web, a reduced extension Vfor.

each web, the extension of one rail sectionover;

lapping the extension of the other rail section,

a reduced ball extension 4for each rail section, the ball extensions of the two rail sectionsv overlapping each other, the free end of each ball extension having its upper face vsloping downwardly tothe extremity thereof andthe end'ofy the wide partof the ball of eachv section having its top face sloping downwardly to theextremity,

said sloping face being located to one side of the point of junction of the ball extension with' said ball, whereby Ysaid sloping parts form a recess at the point where the free'end' of a ball each web extension being laterally oiset from y the web, with an oblique part connecting the web extension to the web to provide a verticallyv arranged sloping shoulder where the inner v'face vof the extension joins the web and each web extension having its free end projecting beyond `the free end of the ball extension, with the inner face of said extended end of the web exten-f4 sion sloping outwardly toengage the sloping shoulder of the other rail section. Y 1

-LEMUEL J. WALKER.

jecting the latter to heavy strainV or torsionalv losY 

